Need help with saving configurations

[Forester]

Knoppix up to the version 5 series did what you want and did it very well. The Knoppix 6 series won't. I have not seen an explanation of why, only some speculation. The implication is that people will install to USB and then they can have persistent store.

There is an unofficial cheat code that could help but you would have to remaster your CD in order to try it and you probably are not prepared to go that far.

The Wiki is very much out of date. It has almost no information on Knoppix 6. I don't know who should or could maintain this but it isn't the developper(s) of Knoppix. It is probably the likes of the Senior Members on this forum.

It is interesting to learn that CD-with-persistence does not work on Ubuntu or Debian either. It is also interesting that Knoppix was your third choice.

It seems the Wikipedia is out of date when it still describes the old, glorious, Knoppix capabilities. The Wikipedia entry on Klaus Knopper is more up to date when it describes Knoppix today as:

Therefore "a well-known live CD Linux distribution" may not be entirely appropriate.

Alas, poor Klaus !

You might try Puppy Linux. It is a few years since I used it and I think the creator has stepped down. Puppy might still allow persistence even with the CD. You might not find it a good teaching vehicle and it certainly won't have the same huge choice of software packages.

[duckegg12]

Thanks Forester, that's interesting, but sad.

Yes, Puppy does it all, but i really want something with access to Gnome and the Debian repositories.

I would be interested in the unofficial cheat code that will allow me to get what i want via a re-master.

[ICPUG]

There are 2 solutions to duckegg12's problem.

Use Puppy Linux - The benevolent dictator of said project did threaten to leave but remains to concentrate on trying out new ideas and maintaining Wary which is Puppy, that works on older hardware as well as more modern stuff. Mainstream Puppy is currently in the hands of the Community under the watchful direction of Playdayz. Signficant Puppy remasters are Fluppy for netbooks and LightHouse Puppy - which I like to think of as Puppy for Professionals. There is more software around for Puppy than most commentators think - it is just made hard to find to keep them on their toes!

Possibly the simplest solution is to just use Knoppix v.5.3.1. If Knoppix 6.x is not fit for purpose then don't use it. The Knoppix 5.3.1 DVD has got way more stuff than Knoppix 6.x as well.

[Forester]

There are 2 solutions to duckegg12's problem.

Possibly the simplest solution is to just use Knoppix v.5.3.1.

Well, you may be in luck there. You may still be able to down load it from here: ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/Knoppix/archive/

i really want something with access to Gnome and the Debian repositories.

I suspect 5.3.1 may be a little too old and KDE-centric for that but you might still be able to get stuff out of oldstable (aka lenny).

I would be interested in the unofficial cheat code that will allow me to get what i want via a re-master.

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/threads...home-cheatcode

Ignore the posts from utu - he's just trying to wind me up.

[Werner P. Schulz]

Knoppix up to the version 5 series did what you want and did it very well. The Knoppix 6 series won't. I have not seen an explanation of why, only some speculation. The implication is that people will install to USB and then they can have persistent store.

... have a look at mkimage

I suppose Klaus Knopper has not yet a good solution for this problem of persistence to HD.

Greetings Werner * http://www.wp-schulz.de/knoppix/summary.html
Own Rescue-CD with Knoppix (Knoppix V6.4.4 remaster)